You may notice there are fewer two-start options in Fantasy Week 7 (May 7-13). It's a lighter load for most teams, with only seven playing seven games.

The bad news is it makes for fewer potential waiver wire pickups. The good news is you shouldn't need them as much. Everybody's in the same boat, as the saying goes, so it's not like you're going to face an opponent with nine projected starts this week. Not likely, anyway.

And that's especially good news because it's mostly high-end options in line for two starts. By and large, the pitchers you could grab off the waiver wire are more likely to sink you than not, perhaps twice over with the addition of a second start.

A couple of less-than-80-percent-owned guys who I do like this week, though, are Luis Castillo and Tyson Ross. The former has been working to get his arm slot back where it was last year and showed progress against the Brewers last time out. The latter has been generating big swing-and-miss totals with his slider, apart from one start at Coors Field, and seems to have made a full recovery from thoracic outlet surgery two years ago.

I could see starting as many as 23 of these pitchers in Fantasy, though realistically, Nos. 18-23 are probably better left for points leagues.

Two-start pitchers for Week 7

Rank

Pitcher

Start 1

Start 2

1

Stephen Strasburg, WAS

at SD

at ARI

2

Carlos Martinez, STL

vs. MIN

at SD

3

Luis Severino, NYY

vs. BOS

vs. OAK

4

James Paxton, SEA

at TOR

at DET

5

Blake Snell, TB

vs. ATL

at BAL

6

Aaron Nola, PHI

vs. SF

vs. NYM

7

Zack Godley, ARI

at LAD

vs. WAS

8

Sean Newcomb, ATL

at TB

at MIA

9

Dallas Keuchel, HOU

at OAK

vs. TEX

10

Kyle Hendricks, CHC

vs. MIA

vs. CHW

11

Dylan Bundy, BAL

vs. KC

vs. TB

12

Luis Castillo, CIN

vs. NYM

at LAD

13

Michael Fulmer, DET

at TEX

vs. SEA

14

Tyson Ross, SD

vs. WAS

vs. STL

15

Jeff Samardzija, SF

at PHI

at PIT

16

Rich Hill, LAD

vs. ARI

vs. CIN

17

Jon Gray, COL

vs. LAA

vs. MIL

18

Marcus Stroman, TOR

vs. SEA

vs. BOS

19

Drew Pomeranz, BOS

at NYY

at TOR

20

Fernando Romero, MIN

at STL

at LAA

21

Danny Duffy, KC

at BAL

at CLE

22

Jarlin Garcia, MIA*

at CHC

vs. ATL

23

Jose Urena, MIA

at CHC

vs. ATL

24

Lucas Giolito, CHW

vs. PIT

at CHC

25

Jeremy Hellickson, WAS

at SD

at ARI

26

Zach Eflin, PHI

vs. SF

vs. NYM

27

Homer Bailey, CIN

vs. NYM

at LAD

28

Brett Anderson, OAK

vs. HOU

at NYY

29

Derek Holland, SF

at PHI

at PIT

30

Matt Moore, TEX

vs. DET

at HOU

31

Wade Miley, MIL

vs. CLE

at COL

32

Clayton Richard, SD

vs. WAS

vs. STL

*RP-eligible

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